First-principles quantum chemistry in the life sciences

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1825, 2004, Pages 2653-2670

  Van Mourik, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Density functional theory calculations; Gas phase biomolecules; Quantum chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844239937     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2004.1469     Document Type: Review

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